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MARIE L. HILL,`O,F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 78,287, dated May 26, 1868.

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' lO ALL WHOM IT MAYv CONGERN:

vBe it known that I, MARIE L.'HILL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Quilted Shoes, Slippers, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a `full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in .the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming' part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a quilted slipper, made by my improved method.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view ol` the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a newl manner of construction of quilted shoes, boots,v andslippers, and consists in arranging, between the lling and outer covering of the quilting, a layer of annel, or other suitable material, of the same color as the outer covering.

The object of the invention is to produce a shoe which, after the outer covering is worn at some places, will still appear whole, and will not be made useless by the exposure of the generally white filling.

A represents the quilting, from which the upper of the shoe, slipper, orbootis to be produced. This quilting oo nsists of the inner` lining, a; outer covering, 6, intermediate soft lling, c, and of a lining of flannel or I other fabric,V d, which is interposed between thel outer covering, b, and the soft lling, c. The lling Ippropose to make of soft wool, in preference to cotton, as it is warmer, and imparts greater solidity tothe article.

The outer lcovering, b, is generally made of satin, or some other ornamental `but not very strong material, and if it becomes worn through, the white lling would appear; to avoid which, the annel should be made of about the same color as the covering,l so that, when the lutter is t'orn, the flannel will be'exposed to view, not materially injuring the appearance of the shoe.

I do not` claim .broadly quilted shoes, as I am aware that such have already been made; but

I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Lette1s"Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a quilted cloth slipper or shoe, formed by interposing between the soft filling and the outer. covering ,a textile lining of the same color as the outerpcovering, whereby, as the latter becomes worn through or torn, the slipper or shoe will not be destroyed, but present the same uniform color exteriorly, as herein shownrand described. i

' MARIE L. HILL.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. RoBEnTs'. 

